BOSTON-- Northeastern women's ice hockey alumnae Rachel Llanes has been named to the Chinese Olympic Ice Hockey Team for the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
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Llanes '14 is set to become a first-time Olympian representing China in the upcoming Olympic games. She finished her Northeastern career, appearing in 139 games amassing 102 points off 41 goals and 61 assists.
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During her time with the Huskies, Llanes earned Hockey East honorable mention laurels, All-Academic team honors and was named Northeastern's Seventh Player Award winner.
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Llanes joins four other women's ice hockey players with ties to Northeastern at the Olympics. Current student-athlete
Alina Mueller is representing the Swiss National team, while Denisa Krizova is on the Czech Republic team and Kendall Coyne Schofield and Hayley Scamurra are on Team USA.
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